Review of Venom (2018) by Wiiwillrockyoup — 05 Oct 2018

This movie is getting far too much flak for what it is; After having to deal with the mundane and repetitive nature of MCU movies for as long as I have, it really is a breath of fresh air to see something absolutely different like Venom.

Sure, the pacing at times can be jarring, and the decision by which Venom becomes an Antihero rather than a villain is understandably vague, but I'd like to think of this movie as thus; Parasyte got away with largely the same story as this and was praised up and down, but what Parasyte has that Venom lacks is the human element; Eddie did not have the same sort of realizations about life and mortality as Satou had in Parasyte, the closest thing we had was Eddie's apology to Ann and the following events that took place because of it; In these interpersonal moments that litter the film (which is a good thing), you see the true chemistry between Eddie and Venom unfold.

Those said moments are what make the film memorable, far more than the final battle or the police chase; The mundane, almost wacky bond Eddie and Venom share as they learn to live with one another.